9/11 'truther' group adopts stretch of highway in Missouri

A self-described 'truther' group that believes the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. were an inside job has adopted a stretch of highway in Missouri, where the group will be able to display signs in return for keeping the roadway clear of litter.

The 'St. Louis 9/11 Questions Meetup Group' will have its name posted on the signs along its newly acquired half-mile stretch of highway in St. Louis, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation.

The signs will go up in January and remain there for three years, pursuant to the group's contract with the state.

Controversy: A group that believes the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. were an inside job has adopted a stretch of highway in Missouri, where the group will be able to display signs bearing its name

Transportation officials told Mail Online that the state cannot deny any group the option to participate in the adopt-a-highway program, but it can drop a group from the program for failing to pick up litter.

After a five-year legal battle starting in 2000 with a Ku Klux Klan group wanted to adopt a highway in Missouri, a federal judge ruled that the state's transportation agency had to allow anyone to participate in the program, regardless of their viewpoints.

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Once the KKK's signs went up along its adopted stretch of highway, however, they were routinely stolen and vandalized. The KKK was eventually dropped from the program because they failed to pick up litter along the roadway.

Participants in the adopt-a-highway program must pick up litter at least once every three months. The 9/11 conspiracy group describes its members as 'concerned about the many disturbing aspects of the 9/11 attacks and interested in finding out more about those events.'

Leader: The 'St. Louis 9/11 Questions Meetup Group' is organized by Donald Stahl, pictured. The group believes there are inconsistencies in reports about how and why the Twin Towers collapsed after they were hit by hijacked airplanes

They believe there are inconsistencies in government reports about how and why the Twin Towers collapsed after they were hit by hijacked airplanes on Sept. 11, 2001 and they are calling for a new investigation into the attacks.

Members ahve accused the government of treason in documents posted to the website. The group also sells T-shirts on its website that say 'The 9/11 debale was an Inside Job!' Other shirts feature photographs of the buildings in ruins with text that raises questions about how they collapsed.

'How long are you going to let the government tell you the outside of this building was pulled inward?' reads text along one photo.

t. Louis transportation officials said there are nearly 400 groups in the metro area who help maintain the roadsides.

Statewide, more than 4,000 groups and 40,000 volunteers in the program clean 5,800 miles of roadway each year, saving the state about $1 million annually, officials said.

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Group that believes 9/11 was an 'inside job' adopts stretch of highway in Missouri